My wife Kathy and I have been happily married for 35 years and live in Baton Rouge, LA. We have 3 grown children, 2 sons and a daughter. We also have 4 grandchildren between the ages of 2 and 5. There are 2 boys and 2 girls, including a set of twins (boy and girl).

My background has been in sales/marketing/management for the past 35 years. Kathy was a school teacher and then went back to school to become an RN. After several years in the hospital setting she felt a calling to become a hospice nurse. A few years later she had to stop nursing due to health complications.

We have been interested in starting an e-commerce business for a while. We just had not found the correct platform until now. We are excited to be a part of the WA family and can't wait to start meeting and interacting with the group.

In the immortal lyrics from Steppenwolf:
Get your motor runnin'
Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way....Born to be wild!

In closing, maybe not wild but ready to geaux!
Laissez bon temps rouler!

Kirk and Kathy

KElam's Goals 3

Money Goals

1

Money I would be happy earning

We realize that it will take some time to grow but would be happy if we cleared $100K/yr. This does not mean that we stop striving for more.

2

Money I would be ecstatic earning

$250K

3

Time I'm willing to invest to achieve my goals

I am currently employed full time and will work on evenings and weekends. Kathy will be devoting ample time daily to WA and our WA sites and projects.

How much money would you be happy earning?
We realize that it will take some time to grow but would be happy if we cleared $100K/yr. This does not mean that we stop striving for more.

How much would you be ecstatic earning?
$250K

And how much time are you willing to invest to achieve these goals?
I am currently employed full time and will work on evenings and weekends. Kathy will be devoting ample time daily to WA and our WA sites and projects.

Hello and welcome to WA. Just remember your goals are achievable. If you can dive right into the training lessons as you will find them extremely informative for your business. If at any time you have questions, remember WA is a Community and someone is willing to assist you or you can always use the Live Chat feature 24/7.

These are both realistic and achievable. Your time investment will be key to achieving these goals and you certainly are willing to invest the time :)

Take your time, take action on what you learn, and ask for help when you need it! There are many helpful folks within the Wealthy Affiliate community who have the answers you will be looking for. I personally look forward to helping out in every way I can.

All the goals are truly achievable. Follow the training and take action on what you learn. Immerse yourself within the helpful community here at WA. Ask help when you need it. Everyone here will give you a hand. Just go toward the trainings.

Thanks for the follow and welcome to the WA Community! You'll find the community has tons of help for anyone who needs it, so don't hesitate to reach out. We are interested in our mutual success and there are plenty of people willing and able to assist!

Hi Kirk and Kathy,
Thank you for the follow! I'm following you back, btw thank you for the kind words on my profile! It's certainly great to meet you and be a part of your network here at Wealthy Affiliate.

I definitely can relate to the nursing field, as I've been in it for a long time as a CNA, it's a demanding job, both physically and mentally...stress can do a number on a person's health, which is why I no longer really work much at all as a CNA. Although I still work part time at the same facility, but in a different department, which is a lot less stress and no more mandatory overtime, which was the main stress factor, lol.

Anyways, I hope your health issues are getting better, Kathy. And, I do hope all is going well for both of you as you go through the training here. I'm sure you'll see success as you keep moving forward and doing the tasks set out in the courses.

Hey Kirk and Kathy, thanks for the follow and best wishes for your success. I can relate to your sales background on one hand, and the teaching background on the other. My wife is a nurse (elderly care) here in England. Although she's not joining me in this venture yet, I've just got my motor runnin' here, so to speak, so perhaps there will be some synergy due to our common backgrounds. Nice to meet you both! Marc

Good afternoon to you both, Kirk and Kathy. It's a small world. My name is Ken and I also live in the Baton Rouge area of Louisiana. Please to meet a fellow Cajun (actually, I'm a transplanted Cajun, originally from Texas). I'm following you back.
You have seen our abilities to support our families diminish as we get closer to retirement. This is what makes WA so inspiring because it teaches us the skills we can use to build, grow, and succeed in an online business.
I look forward to working with you both and answering any questions you may have. I wish you both much success and enjoyment in your online journey.
Ken

It really is a small world today. You can video with anybody in the world anytime you want. Watch live TV in the palm of your hand. Run into neighbors you have never met on-line.There are a
lot of transplanted Texans in this area due to the oil and gas industry.

Your side of the river has some very pretty areas. Been through there a lot of times. I have traveled the state extensively on top of being born in New Orleans, grew up in Monroe and have been in BTR 31 years.

You can PM some of your websites. I would love to take a look at them. Who knows in this small world, we might soon run into each other.

Dear Kirk and Kathy, welcome to our WA community, you're on the right place to start an online business! Thanks for sharing and for adding me to your WA network, much appreciated. Success with your course, keep on track and let's stay in touch.

Hello Kirk! Thanks for following us and we follow back.
Love the "Easy Rider" homage!
Your background will be an asset to you here at WA. We know you will love the training, tools, and community support. This place is authentic and we are so glad we found it.
We wish you happiness and success on the journey!
Colette and Philip

Welcome to WA. It’s participation and persistence to get there and also takes lot of creative thought to process...
Yes, thank you for following. And I am hungry to get started.
I finding so much information for goals to success. This is surely a great opportunity with just what I need to develop independence and dreams.
Yes www is a big world brought together with WA...

Kirk and I are After dinner this evening we opened up WA to read, look at e-mails, etc. Kyle had sent us an e-mail, and we began to read it. That’s when I wanted to break into a happy dance! We had been indexed by Google on our first submission.

We've been in WA for abut a month, but we have had many irons in the fire, some of which occurred unexpectedly since joining. Kirk must work to pay for our mortgage, utilities, and other miscellaneous needs required to live. If he didn’t we would be working nonstop on WA as this is a breath of fresh air. Anyway, we may be slow, but we are determined.

Hopefully, as we complete each of our training exercises and continue working on our website, it will be indexed again. M no really sure how that works. We will just continue to choose the keywords we think is best suited and write as we did for this part.

Sorry for being long-winded.just plain excited! Thanks to each of you and to all the staff, for the training sessions that have brought us o far in this short time.

Hello Kirk,♫Welcome! I am so pleased you found WA. Nice to meet you ツ I wish you a lot of learning pleasure and fun at WA. Thank you for adding me to your network.

From the start, I have written training on every issue I had problems with myself. And I share all my interesting findings on my blog space. I have listed them on a blog for you. When you type in “Blogs top rated by Loes” into the search bar on top, you'll find my goodies under Training. I hope to help you with those.

If you have any questions, please reply to this message or leave a comment on my profile.
Success building your business in 2018. See you around, Greetings Loes

Congratulations on going premium. Taking action separates the achievers from the observers. It is so important on this journey. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to your success. Please feel free to drop by for a chat anytime. Best wishes.

Congratulation on upgrading to Premium! You have begun a journey that will change your life.
Just remember, life is filled with situations where we are faced with a ‘fight or flight’ decision. If you run, you’ll have to face the same fight again. You want to change your life? You have to fight for it. But take heart – you are in good company! Don't give up!
One mistake that I made as a newbie at WA was posting the link to my site in my profile and in comments. I was looking for feedback on my progress but I have since learned that this is a no-no. I was not aware that I was breaking the rules and I wish that someone had told me right up front. So, for your convenience, I have included a link to the rules about spam in this welcome message: Spam is a NO NO! I hope this will help you and prevent any problems for you as you move forward.
Feel free to follow me and if you have any questions, I will be happy to either answer them or direct you to someone who can.

Always remember: the only stupid question is the one that you don’t ask

Hey Kirk,
It's me, Jerry! How's your first 3 days at Wealthy Affiliate? I remember I was so excited to get started and quickly dive into the awesome Courses.

It seems like you have not set up your account properly yet. To get started, please add an image of yourself and a personal description to let others know you better. It will increase your followers as well!